Let me ask you this, “Can you come up with any innovation for the time interval between the moment you pressed the button Send in your email client and the moment when the send process actually begins”? No? And Microsoft couldn’t, even though MS Outlook is probably still the most popular email client.
Apple won't kill neither Flash Player nor Adobe. Yes, Steve Jobs is going slightly mad. He goes against all rules in the industry, and there's no logic in his statements. For example, today Apple allowed Opera browser on iPhone violating their own non-compete rule for accepting application for the iPhone OS. But if you think about it, all important shifts in the computing industry were made by "crazy" people who were pissing against the wind. At this point, let's enjoy Freddy Mercury, the best impersonator of Steve Jobs - they even look alike. Three other guys in this video play roles of CEO's of Adobe, Google and Microsoft. But having said all this, it's obvious that Adobe is too slow in releases of new software. Silverlight will become a serious competitor next year. The statements about Flash Player installs on 98% of desktops connected to the Internet don't make me happy any longer as there are close to zero installs of Flash Player on the smart mobile devices. Five years from now most of the end-user computing will be initiated from hand held mobile devices. Google and Android go strong though!
Apple won't kill neither Flash Player nor Adobe. Yes, Steve Jobs is going slightly mad. He goes against all rules in the industry, and there's no logic in his statements. For example, today Apple allowed Opera browser on iPhone violating their own non-compete rule for accepting application for the iPhone OS. But if you think about it, all important shifts in the computing industry were made by "crazy" people who were pissing against the wind. At this point, let's enjoy Freddy Mercury, the best impersonator of Steve Jobs - they even look alike. Three other guys in this video play roles of CEO's of Adobe, Google and Microsoft. But having said all this, it's obvious that Adobe is too slow in releases of new software. Silverlight will become a serious competitor next year. The statements about Flash Player installs on 98% of desktops connected to the Internet don't make me happy any longer as there are close to zero installs of Flash Player on the smart mobile devices. Five years from now most of the end-user computing will be initiated from hand held mobile devices. Google and Android go strong though!
Zila Networks, a VC funded mobile application developer, on Tuesday announced the launch of its first mobile application, Friends Around Me, a fully featured, mobile only social network for the iPhone that changes the way people communicate and entire communities interact. Friends Around Me is a location-based mobile application for interacting with friends 24/7 across social networks, without being tied to a computer. Users benefit from free group chat for easy interaction with multiple friends, open profiles for full access and no limits on who you can meet, and rewards for active participation that elevates your social standing within the Friends Around Me community.
Zila Networks, a VC funded mobile application developer, on Tuesday announced the launch of its first mobile application, Friends Around Me, a fully featured, mobile only social network for the iPhone that changes the way people communicate and entire communities interact. Friends Around Me is a location-based mobile application for interacting with friends 24/7 across social networks, without being tied to a computer. Users benefit from free group chat for easy interaction with multiple friends, open profiles for full access and no limits on who you can meet, and rewards for active participation that elevates your social standing within the Friends Around Me community.
As you probably know JSF 2 is a major upgrade over JSF 1.2. One of the major additions to this version of JSF is standard Ajax support. This article covers Ajax features in JSF 2. If you are familiar with RichFaces and specifically the a4j:support tag then learning how to use Ajax features in JSF 2 is going to be very easy. Many concepts and features are being carried over from RichFaces. Let’s start. JSF 2 comes with one tag that provides Ajax functionality. The tag is called f:ajax (sounds familiar to a4j:support – right?) When I do RichFaces trainings, I like to divide the core ideas into three parts: sending an Ajax request, partial view rendering and partial view processing. I will use the same approach here.
As you probably know JSF 2 is a major upgrade over JSF 1.2. One of the major additions to this version of JSF is standard Ajax support. This article covers Ajax features in JSF 2. If you are familiar with RichFaces and specifically the a4j:support tag then learning how to use Ajax features in JSF 2 is going to be very easy. Many concepts and features are being carried over from RichFaces. Let’s start. JSF 2 comes with one tag that provides Ajax functionality. The tag is called f:ajax (sounds familiar to a4j:support – right?) When I do RichFaces trainings, I like to divide the core ideas into three parts: sending an Ajax request, partial view rendering and partial view processing. I will use the same approach here.
James Gosling, acknowledged as the father of Java, has left Oracle, apparently unable or unwilling to make the transition from Sun. In a blog post Friday he said he resigned on April 2, the Friday before. His only comment on why he left was more provocative than explanatory. “As to why I left,” he wrote, “it’s difficult to answer: Just about anything I could say that would be accurate and honest would do more harm than good. The hardest part is no longer being with all the great people I’ve had the privilege to work with over the years.”
James Gosling, acknowledged as the father of Java, has left Oracle, apparently unable or unwilling to make the transition from Sun. In a blog post Friday he said he resigned on April 2, the Friday before. His only comment on why he left was more provocative than explanatory. “As to why I left,” he wrote, “it’s difficult to answer: Just about anything I could say that would be accurate and honest would do more harm than good. The hardest part is no longer being with all the great people I’ve had the privilege to work with over the years.”
QlikTech, a business intelligence company, has announced the immediate availability of QlikView for iPad at the Gartner Business Intelligence Summit. This mobile, interactive enterprise business intelligence solution provides mobile professionals access to decision-critical information through an intuitive touch interface. Built from the ground up to support the Apple iPads's native multi-touch interface, QlikView for iPad takes mobile business intelligence to a new level of touch-based interactivity, enabling freeform exploration of business data without the limits of static reporting. With QlikView for iPad, business users on the go can access the exact information they need, when they need it. This is in contrast to competitive offerings that merely serve up static, web-based reports and do not allow users the interactivity they require to get timely answers. A free download of QlikView for iPad is available from Apple's App Store on iTunes. Gartner BI Summit attendees can view the demo at QlikView booth F, others can visit www.qlikview.com/ipad to watch a demo video and read more about the app.
QlikTech, a business intelligence company, has announced the immediate availability of QlikView for iPad at the Gartner Business Intelligence Summit. This mobile, interactive enterprise business intelligence solution provides mobile professionals access to decision-critical information through an intuitive touch interface. Built from the ground up to support the Apple iPads's native multi-touch interface, QlikView for iPad takes mobile business intelligence to a new level of touch-based interactivity, enabling freeform exploration of business data without the limits of static reporting. With QlikView for iPad, business users on the go can access the exact information they need, when they need it. This is in contrast to competitive offerings that merely serve up static, web-based reports and do not allow users the interactivity they require to get timely answers. A free download of QlikView for iPad is available from Apple's App Store on iTunes. Gartner BI Summit attendees can view the demo at QlikView booth F, others can visit www.qlikview.com/ipad to watch a demo video and read more about the app.
Adaptivity provides integrated solutions that automate IT Delivery optimization across enterprise computing environments. In this exclusive Q&A for Cloud Computing Journal with SYS-CON's Cloud Computing Expo Conference Chair, Jeremy Geelan, Tony Bishop – CEO of Adaptivity – discusses Adaptivity’s “IT Transformation Factory” and their Cloud Computing strategy.
# Audio profiles: It would have been nice if the iPhone had different audio profiles for different environments that you could easily switch between. # Flash support in Safari: Yeah, this was a pie-in-the-sky wish, but we know a lot of you out there wanted it. # FM radio: Another one that was highly unlikely, but again, we know there are some who want it. # Wi-Fi syncing: We would've really liked it if we could sync or back up our information on the iPhone over Wi-Fi instead of having to plug in our USB cable. # Built-in photo editing: We know you can get third-party photo editors on the iPhone but it would be nice to have a built-in one as well.
# Audio profiles: It would have been nice if the iPhone had different audio profiles for different environments that you could easily switch between. # Flash support in Safari: Yeah, this was a pie-in-the-sky wish, but we know a lot of you out there wanted it. # FM radio: Another one that was highly unlikely, but again, we know there are some who want it. # Wi-Fi syncing: We would've really liked it if we could sync or back up our information on the iPhone over Wi-Fi instead of having to plug in our USB cable. # Built-in photo editing: We know you can get third-party photo editors on the iPhone but it would be nice to have a built-in one as well.
Ex-SCO CEO Darl McBride bought SCO’s Me Inc mobility business for a hundred grand cash the other day. It’s an outright sale of all the company’s mobile assets, even the server hardware underlying it rather than the $35,000 plus a potential $100,000 payout under the original licensing arrangement originally proposed. Another company expressed interested but wanted clear title, effectively changing the terms of the deal. An auction was held but McBride was reportedly the only bidder. Now he’ll be looking for investors.
Ex-SCO CEO Darl McBride bought SCO’s Me Inc mobility business for a hundred grand cash the other day. It’s an outright sale of all the company’s mobile assets, even the server hardware underlying it rather than the $35,000 plus a potential $100,000 payout under the original licensing arrangement originally proposed. Another company expressed interested but wanted clear title, effectively changing the terms of the deal. An auction was held but McBride was reportedly the only bidder. Now he’ll be looking for investors.
Under JDeveloper 11g ADF Business Components introduced the support for Groovy expressions. Among other benefits this allows JDeveloper programmers to skip many trivial Java programming tasks with a shorthand Groovy expression. Grant Ronald's Introduction to Groovy Support in JDeveloper and Oracle ADF 11g provides a good compliment to the Fusion Guide on Groovy expressions.
The Groovy support includes the ability to reference attributes of Entity Objects and View Objects. For instance you may create a transient attribute TotalCost in an InvoiceLines Entity Object based on the Groovy expression "Cost * Quantity" referencing the same named Entity Object attributes:
As you become more familiar with the use of Groovy expressions you'll realize you can also call the functions of the underlying attribute type. For instance a String attribute FullName would support the Groovy expression "FullName.toLowerCase()".
However there is a catch. When calling functions of a specific attribute, say calling the oracle.jbo.domain.Number add() function on the Quantity Number attribute, at runtime you might discover a runtime error such as:
(oracle.jbo.JboException) JBO-29000: Unexpected exception caught: groovy.lang.MissingMethodException, msg=No signature of method: java.lang.Long.add() is applicable for argument types: (java.lang.Integer) values: [1]
This comes as a surprise as the Fusion Guide tells us the Number attribute type is backed by the oracle.jbo.domain.Number class supplied by Oracle.
What's happening is that the Groovy expression evaluator is undertaking some implicit datatype conversions/casts on our behalf with the underlying attributes. In order to make this easier to understand I've documented the type conversions for you. The following table gives you the Type Name as selected in the EO/VO attribute editor, the Java Type you'll see in the resulting EntityImpl and ViewRowImpl classes, and then the Groovy Type they'll be cast to during a Groovy expression evaluation.
You'll note with the Groovy Types sometimes they are in fact the oracle.jbo.domain class, but in others they're the parent class. And for some types there is no oracle.jbo.domain equivalent, just a java.lang type. It's all a bit inconsistent but hopefully the table gives you the appropriate type for your attribute:
| Type Name | Java Type | Groovy Type |
| Array | oracle.jbo.domain.Array | - |
| BFileDomain | oracle.jbo.domain.BFileDomain | - |
| BigDecimal | java.math.BigDecimal | java.math.BigDecimal |
| BlobDomain | oracle.jbo.domain.BlobDomain | oracle.jbo.domain.BlobDomain |
| Boolean | java.lang.Boolean | java.lang.Boolean |
| Byte | java.lang.Byte | java.lang.Byte |
| Char | oracle.jbo.domain.Char | java.lang.String |
| Character | java.lang.Character | java.lang.Character |
| ClobDomain | oracle.jbo.domain.ClobDomain | oracle.jbo.domain.ClobDomain |
| DBSequence | oracle.jbo.domain.DBSequence | java.lang.Long |
| Date | oracle.jbo.domain.Date | java.sql.Date |
| Double | java.lang.Double | java.lang.Double |
| Float | java.lang.Float | java.lang.Float |
| Integer | java.lang.Integer | java.lang.Integer |
| Long | java.lang.Long | java.lang.Long |
| NClobDomain | oracle.jbo.domain.NClobDomain | oracle.jbo.domain.NClobDomain |
| Number | oracle.jbo.domain.Number | java.lang.Long |
| Object | java.lang.Object | java.lang.Object |
| OrdAudioDomain | oracle.ord.im.OrdAudioDomain | oracle.ord.im.OrdAudioDomain |
| OrdDocDomain | oracle.ord.im.OrdDomain | oracle.ord.im.OrdDomain |
| OrdImageDomain | oracle.ord.im.OrdImageDomain | oracle.ord.im.OrdImageDomain |
| OrdImageSignatureDomain | oracle.ord.im.OrdImageSignatureDomain | oracle.ord.im.OrdImageSignatureDomain |
| OrdVideoDomain | oracle.ord.im.OrdVideoDomain | oracle.ord.im.OrdVideoDomain |
| REF | oracle.sql.REF | - |
| Raw | oracle.jbo.domain.Raw | - |
| RowID | oracle.jbo.domain.RowID | java.lang.String |
| Short | java.lang.Short | java.lang.Short |
| String | java.lang.String | java.lang.String |
| Timestamp | oracle.jbo.domain.Timestamp | java.sql.Timestamp |
| TimestampLTZ | oracle.jbo.domain.TimestampLTZ | java.sql.Timestamp |
| TimestampTZ | oracle.jbo.domain.TimestampTZ | java.sql.Timestamp |
Under JDeveloper 11g ADF Business Components introduced the support for Groovy expressions. Among other benefits this allows JDeveloper programmers to skip many trivial Java programming tasks with a shorthand Groovy expression. Grant Ronald's Introduction to Groovy Support in JDeveloper and Oracle ADF 11g provides a good compliment to the Fusion Guide on Groovy expressions.
The Groovy support includes the ability to reference attributes of Entity Objects and View Objects. For instance you may create a transient attribute TotalCost in an InvoiceLines Entity Object based on the Groovy expression "Cost * Quantity" referencing the same named Entity Object attributes:
As you become more familiar with the use of Groovy expressions you'll realize you can also call the functions of the underlying attribute type. For instance a String attribute FullName would support the Groovy expression "FullName.toLowerCase()".
However there is a catch. When calling functions of a specific attribute, say calling the oracle.jbo.domain.Number add() function on the Quantity Number attribute, at runtime you might discover a runtime error such as:
(oracle.jbo.JboException) JBO-29000: Unexpected exception caught: groovy.lang.MissingMethodException, msg=No signature of method: java.lang.Long.add() is applicable for argument types: (java.lang.Integer) values: [1]
This comes as a surprise as the Fusion Guide tells us the Number attribute type is backed by the oracle.jbo.domain.Number class supplied by Oracle.
What's happening is that the Groovy expression evaluator is undertaking some implicit datatype conversions/casts on our behalf with the underlying attributes. In order to make this easier to understand I've documented the type conversions for you. The following table gives you the Type Name as selected in the EO/VO attribute editor, the Java Type you'll see in the resulting EntityImpl and ViewRowImpl classes, and then the Groovy Type they'll be cast to during a Groovy expression evaluation.
You'll note with the Groovy Types sometimes they are in fact the oracle.jbo.domain class, but in others they're the parent class. And for some types there is no oracle.jbo.domain equivalent, just a java.lang type. It's all a bit inconsistent but hopefully the table gives you the appropriate type for your attribute:
| Type Name | Java Type | Groovy Type |
| Array | oracle.jbo.domain.Array | - |
| BFileDomain | oracle.jbo.domain.BFileDomain | - |
| BigDecimal | java.math.BigDecimal | java.math.BigDecimal |
| BlobDomain | oracle.jbo.domain.BlobDomain | oracle.jbo.domain.BlobDomain |
| Boolean | java.lang.Boolean | java.lang.Boolean |
| Byte | java.lang.Byte | java.lang.Byte |
| Char | oracle.jbo.domain.Char | java.lang.String |
| Character | java.lang.Character | java.lang.Character |
| ClobDomain | oracle.jbo.domain.ClobDomain | oracle.jbo.domain.ClobDomain |
| DBSequence | oracle.jbo.domain.DBSequence | java.lang.Long |
| Date | oracle.jbo.domain.Date | java.sql.Date |
| Double | java.lang.Double | java.lang.Double |
| Float | java.lang.Float | java.lang.Float |
| Integer | java.lang.Integer | java.lang.Integer |
| Long | java.lang.Long | java.lang.Long |
| NClobDomain | oracle.jbo.domain.NClobDomain | oracle.jbo.domain.NClobDomain |
| Number | oracle.jbo.domain.Number | java.lang.Long |
| Object | java.lang.Object | java.lang.Object |
| OrdAudioDomain | oracle.ord.im.OrdAudioDomain | oracle.ord.im.OrdAudioDomain |
| OrdDocDomain | oracle.ord.im.OrdDomain | oracle.ord.im.OrdDomain |
| OrdImageDomain | oracle.ord.im.OrdImageDomain | oracle.ord.im.OrdImageDomain |
| OrdImageSignatureDomain | oracle.ord.im.OrdImageSignatureDomain | oracle.ord.im.OrdImageSignatureDomain |
| OrdVideoDomain | oracle.ord.im.OrdVideoDomain | oracle.ord.im.OrdVideoDomain |
| REF | oracle.sql.REF | - |
| Raw | oracle.jbo.domain.Raw | - |
| RowID | oracle.jbo.domain.RowID | java.lang.String |
| Short | java.lang.Short | java.lang.Short |
| String | java.lang.String | java.lang.String |
| Timestamp | oracle.jbo.domain.Timestamp | java.sql.Timestamp |
| TimestampLTZ | oracle.jbo.domain.TimestampLTZ | java.sql.Timestamp |
| TimestampTZ | oracle.jbo.domain.TimestampTZ | java.sql.Timestamp |
Oracle reported its financial results for the third quarter of fiscal 2010 ended in February, and sales of Oracle's products sans Sun rose by 7 percent. Including one month of sales attributable to Sun, Oracle's revenues were up 17 percent, to $6.4 billion. Sun has brought in $273 million in hardware systems sales since the acquisition, and another $185 million is attributed to hardware support. It also touted its Exadata Storage Server introduced over a year ago as "the fastest growing product in Oracle's history". Oracle's history of strategic acquisitions have always compensated for any intrinsic lapses in innovation. The latest entrant to its portfolio is no exception. The company's Cloud plans seem to have gained more buzz after the Sun acquisition. Armed with its own enterprise apps in conjunction with Sun's home grown server and storage wares, Oracle is doggedly intensifying its integrated platform services that could tread on the territory of the other lead (ex)contender for Sun, IBM.
Oracle reported its financial results for the third quarter of fiscal 2010 ended in February, and sales of Oracle's products sans Sun rose by 7 percent. Including one month of sales attributable to Sun, Oracle's revenues were up 17 percent, to $6.4 billion. Sun has brought in $273 million in hardware systems sales since the acquisition, and another $185 million is attributed to hardware support. It also touted its Exadata Storage Server introduced over a year ago as "the fastest growing product in Oracle's history". Oracle's history of strategic acquisitions have always compensated for any intrinsic lapses in innovation. The latest entrant to its portfolio is no exception. The company's Cloud plans seem to have gained more buzz after the Sun acquisition. Armed with its own enterprise apps in conjunction with Sun's home grown server and storage wares, Oracle is doggedly intensifying its integrated platform services that could tread on the territory of the other lead (ex)contender for Sun, IBM.
In my last article, which set and solved the problems for an On-the-Road Information Worker (Insurance Assessor). I told what Enterprise Mobility could achieve with cool software and hardware.
In my last article, which set and solved the problems for an On-the-Road Information Worker (Insurance Assessor). I told what Enterprise Mobility could achieve with cool software and hardware.
Sybase, a provider of enterprise and mobile software, on Tuesday announced support for iPad and Android devices with the latest release of Afaria. With strong consumer adoption of highly functional mobile devices, enterprises are now able to embrace this widespread demand by providing secure access to corporate information. With the new ability to secure and manage iPad and Android, Sybase extends its ubiquitous device support to a list that includes iPhone, Windows Mobile, Windows, Symbian and BlackBerry. "The popularity of highly functional smart mobile devices, such as iPhone, Android and now the iPad, is significantly impacting enterprise mobility support requirements as these devices increasingly cross over from consumers into the corporate setting," said Jack Gold, president and principal analyst of J. Gold Associates, LLC. "The extensive communities currently established around mobile development will enable a near term and dramatic growth of data-rich deployments of enterprise-class applications where security and manageability are key requirements. Companies such as Sybase that exhibit leadership and a deep expertise in enterprise mobility, security and management, will be required to drive this emerging evolution in mobile business solutions."
Sybase, a provider of enterprise and mobile software, on Tuesday announced support for iPad and Android devices with the latest release of Afaria. With strong consumer adoption of highly functional mobile devices, enterprises are now able to embrace this widespread demand by providing secure access to corporate information. With the new ability to secure and manage iPad and Android, Sybase extends its ubiquitous device support to a list that includes iPhone, Windows Mobile, Windows, Symbian and BlackBerry. "The popularity of highly functional smart mobile devices, such as iPhone, Android and now the iPad, is significantly impacting enterprise mobility support requirements as these devices increasingly cross over from consumers into the corporate setting," said Jack Gold, president and principal analyst of J. Gold Associates, LLC. "The extensive communities currently established around mobile development will enable a near term and dramatic growth of data-rich deployments of enterprise-class applications where security and manageability are key requirements. Companies such as Sybase that exhibit leadership and a deep expertise in enterprise mobility, security and management, will be required to drive this emerging evolution in mobile business solutions."
1. You will end up doing more work... Sitting on the couch at home, in the stands at the kids ball game, checking in from vacation... 2. You will be more productive. Even at work you will get more done while your PC is rebooting, roaming the building(s), during lunch... 3. With Citrix Receiver you will have access to all the apps you need to do work from anywhere.